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Lethbridge Herald (June 23, 1959)

page 01

Fuchs on
Way To' ^
Berlin
-Free Atom Spy
High 65
Cooler
• • • • •
VOL. LIL—No. 163. LETHBRIDGE7ALBERTA, TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1959 PRICE: O^°E^B FIVE CENTS TWO SECTIONS - 20 PAGES Frondizi Ouster Seen In
Argentine Go^J-r Crisis
i i i m * Quits;
Mounts
Tories
Reject
Motion
-In Pallet Case
KL.M'S FICHS
SEVEN DIE,
6 MISSING
IN FLAMES
-Resort Hotel
LONDON (Al')—Atomic spy
Klaus l-iiclis hoarded ii Polish
airliner today for a non-stop
fllKht lo Kast Berlin.
Kasl German spokesmen said
Fuchs would tic admitted to that !
country. Tresumably he will go ^
to live with his 84-ycar-old ; a n d
'rof. Kmil
STALIIKIM, N o r w a y
I CAI') — F i r e riiged before
, d a w n today through the
j S t a l h e im r e s o r t hotel,
n hodie.'? were found
.six or seven per.sons
father, I'rof. Fuchs, al i wei'e nii.S.'^inK ,SOme hour.S
t p i p ' i R - I a f t e r the blaze, a police
The 47 - year - old Fuchs wnt J ^p,)]^g^man .said,
brought in B pollcc-cscorted car i v i r n i rn
from Wnkcficld Prison, 180 miles
n o n h e a s l of t-ondon, where he
had served nine years and three
nionth.s of a 14-ycar sentence lo:
p.vinK Briti^li and Amcncai,
al-.iniic sccreUs to Rii.viia He WLIS
p. .'.en credit for pood ccmdiic:
while in prison
HFAVILY Gl A n n i : i )
Scotland Yard men and airpon
police ringed the
mid the entire departure area as
Piich.s went aboard
Tlic government had s i i i r i tha'
the German-born phy.-icist wa-free
to go anywhere alter his re­lease
Fuchs was kept in a prlva'e ;
r o om in an an-port building until i
all the otiier passengers were '
a b o a r d .
Set-lBCed and unsmiling, and
c a r r y i n g a felt hat in his hand,;
he then walked to the airplane
with policemen on either side.
Claresholm
Scout's Air
Model Second
CI..\RE.SHOLM (HNS)—Johnny
Leeds, a 17-year-old Queen Scout
from Claresholm, ha& placed second •
in a national model airplane con- !
te.st, according to a wire received |
t«day from Air Marshall Hugh L. :
Campbell, cWet of air staff. '
Johnny, who this year finished
hi.<i Grade 11 studies at .school, was •
helpmg his f a t h e r fencing on their
r a n c h when he heard the news. '
There were over .500 e n t r i e s from
acro.'^s Canada in tJie contest, to
celebrate fJie Golden Anniversary ;
of Powered Flight in Canada.
One of the prizes Johnny will r c - i
celve will be an all-expense paid j
t r ip to Toronto. I
He has al.so won a flying scholar- ;
.ship from the Air Cadet Lcagtie of :
Canada. Ho is a corporal in the ]
Claresholm Sciuiidron of the Royal
Canadian Air Cadet.s.
.•\houl 35 persons were in­jured,
cither hy the flames or
by .jumping from the windows
of the hotel.
Tlic police spoke.^man said the
missing persons may not have
died in the flames.
"The g u c t s now are spread
o'^'T " huge a r e a . " he .said. "The
Polish airlinei ^ ^'t''-'"'''^''' '-"^ ot's^'J'''-''^- It may lake
some lime to clear it u p . "
Ouesus in the hotel included 130
Americans, 12 B r i t o n s. four
Swedes and some Norwegians.
BLRNFD QLICKLV
The 99-room hotel was reduced
to ashes in two hours, although
all nearby communities senl fire­men
to help against Ihe flames.
The seven dead were not ideni-ifiod
immediately.
Witnesses said the biaze ap­p
a r e n t l y began in one of ihe
rooms. When it was over, only
a concrete w'ing remained stAnd-iny.
The Hotel Stalheim. tlie older
sections of which dale back lo
1912, was insured for 3,000,000
kroner ($940,000;.
Seen and Heard
ABOUT TOWN
Inet
Tension
BUENOS AIRKS ( A P ) — Aryentina'.s government
cri.'^i.s a p p e a r e d to be nearing a climax today as a move
i g r ew among military k a d e r s to oust President Arturo
Frondizi despite his c a b i n e f s re.signation.
Tension was heightened by Frondizi'.s refusal to
: a c c e p t the r e s i g n a t i o n s of his three armed services sec­r
e t a r i e s , chief targets of the rebellious officers.
Open t h r e a t s were voiced against Frondizi's regime
by his m i l i t a r y opponents. They were reported to feel
t h e y are strong enough to force the e m b a t t l e d president
out unle.ss he m e e t s their demands for s w e e p i n g changes
in his government and* '•
policie.'^.
AFTER CHURCH — The Queen still carries her prayer book after attending church at
the Anglican Church in Gaspe, Que., Sunday. H wo$ her first Sunday in Canada en her
current Canadian tour. Philip follows her 'from the church. (CP Photo; Herald Engraving)
• • • • • • • •
j y E W DAYTON
EX—JAP PHKMIKR DIES
TOKYO (Reuters I — Former
J a p a n e s e premier Hit.oshi Ashida,
71, died at his home here.
• • •
mother and
daughter seen behind a local
department store exchanging
shoes after the mother com­plained
that her shoes were too
light and were pincJiing her
tootsies . . . Mrs Margaret Geiger,
Toronto Music Conservatory rep­resentative
in l ^ t h b r i d g e , looking
for the s t u d e n t who left a small
package in her desk during the
current music examinations . . .
Ken RIngland, a garden enthu­siast
who believes In perfection,
clipping stray leaves from his
hedge with a pair of .scis.sors after
trirmning tJhe hedge with the
hedge clippers . . . A Vulcan
service station a t t e n d a n t mutter­ing
at a certain type of foreign
cai- when two of the vehicles
pulled into his gaJ'age to pur­chase
gas — the first took 7.^
cents woith and t h e second took
only a dime's worth.
I Returns to Yacht and Relaxes in Slacks
Smiling Queen Stands Up in Car to
Acknowledge French Canada Welcome
MIUTARY .lUNTA?
Leaders of the clique talked
openly of installing a military
junta to replace the president,
a landslide victor 16 months
ago in Argentina's first free
election in more than a decade.
Striving to cope with the dar­kening
crisis. Frondizi told In­terior
Minister Alfredo Vitolo,
long an administration spokes­man,
to meet leaders of Argen­t
i n a ' s political parties today to
sound them out on the situation
This aroused speculation thai
Frondizi was considering form
ing a' coalition govei'nment
Vitolo told reporters the mass
cabinet resignation Monday in­dicated
changes m the govern­m
e n t ' s policies but did not say
what the changes would be Ob­s
e r v e r s believed they might nave
come too late to appease the
arou.sed military.
Many of the milllary opponents
of F r 0 n d i z i's adminislration
played key roles in the revolu­tion
thai toppled dictator Juan
Peron four years ago.
PROMISES NOT FULFILLED
They have accused Frondizi's
a d m i n i s l r a t i o n of not fulfilling
its election promises and of per­m
i t t i n g Peron supporters and
.some Communists lo infiltrate
the government. They alsd con­tend
the president has not acted
firmly enough to solve Argen­t
i n a ' s many problems.
The current crisis developed
after publication last week of a
purported pre-election agreement
between Peron and one of Fron­dizi's
closest advisers. The presi­dent
denied any .such agi'eement
but a group of retired military
leaders tried to raise a revolt
agalnsi him.
EBi:C (CP) — This was
'rench-Canada's day U> give
the Queen a sunny and happy
welcome.
And from the time she left tlie
B r i t a n n i a in the beautiful back­drop
of Wolfe's Cove where a
French regimental band gave a
lively serenade of folk songs, to
the city hall where she discussed
bringing up families with Mayor
Wilfrid Hamel. father of nine
and grandfather of 13. t h e r e was
little doubt the welcome was both
w a r m and friendly.
Program Cancelled, Charge Political Pressure
22 Top CBC Employees, Including
Four Senior Executives, Resign Posts
riiORONTO (CP I—Twenty-two
top CBC employees in To­ronto,
including four senior
executives, announced Tues­day
thny have resigned in
protest against "unprecedent­ed
surrender to political pres­sure"
by the corporation.
They said in a gi'oup statement
t h a i the CBC' s decision to cancel
t h e radio opinion program Pre­view
Commenlary from Ottawa
had "bartei-cd away the integ­r
i ty of national broadcasting in
Canada ••
The .staiemeni added that more
resigiiaiion.s were expected hero
l a t e r tflday. All tho.'ie involved
work in the CBC's doparlmenl of
t a l k s and public affairs.
That dcpartment'.s ihrec-mcm-ber
staff at Montreal anti two
members at Ottawa were al.so re­p
o r t e d to have quit their jobs be­c
a u s e of the p r o g r am cancella­tion,
announced al Ottawa last
week.
INTEGRITY "BARTERED"
Gordon Cullingham, a p r o g r am
organizer and spokesman for the
group, issued tlie statement al
his home where the 22 met. It
said:
"By removing Preview Com­m
e n t a r y from the air under pol­itical
pressure the CBC manage-
^Hat'lSelsoii-Vancouver
Train Service Protested
•JVTELSON. B.C. (CP) — T h e C a n a - I p l a i n t s of CPR passenger service
dian Pacific Railway lias d i s - i on the route continued today. At
couraged patronage on its Mcdi- ' pj-gsent only a twice-a-week service
cine Hat-'Vnncouver line by failing
to supply "even the essentials of
travel." the Board of Tran.sport
Commi.<;sioners was told Monday.
The complaint was made in a
brief prrsrt'.tpd by the Nel.son
CliiiDibfr oi Commerce and the
A.>i.socinted Chambers of Commerce
of .Southeast B.C.
"Shortage of even drinking water
hn.s happened too frequently to
ai.'cciit assurance tlhat it was an
nvrr.'^il.'hl .St.Tle .s.ind« irhc,--- and
biitcr c n f f r c h a v r been the rule
r a t l i r r than (hr exr-eplmn." said
the brief.
The hearing regaxduig eoni-is
provided from Nelson to Van­couver.
Tilic brief emphasized that a 15-
hour service or better service be­tween
Vancouver and Nelson would
be fldequale for the area and
profitable to the railway. It was
noted that freight trains aj'e now
running dui-ing the n i g h t and t h a t
t h e i e was no reason why pa.ssenger
t r a i n s could not also be run at
night.
Presiding over tHie hearings are
H. H. Griffin. assi.iitJinl chief com-miiwioner.
L, J. Knowles and John
M. •Woodarii,
mcnt, wiih the i n c u r r e n c e of
the board of dirotnors, has bart­ered
away ihc integrity of na­tional
broadcasting in Canada.
"As member.s of this depart­ment
. . our responsibility has
22 TOP
(Concluded on Page Two)
The warm weather brought the
comment from one cabinet min­i
s t e r : "EUe est la Reine du so-leil.-—
ihe is the sunshine Queen. '
SFANnS FOR CHEERS
Tlic greatest mass of people
gathered in front of the grey-stone
city hall and after the for­malities
gave her a good - hu­mored
welcome. She responded
energetically by standing up in
the back of her car, steadying
her.seU by holduig onto the lip
of the front roof, to acknowledge
the cheers and applause.
SPOKE FRENCH MOSTLY
She .--miled many times today
and she spoke French almost ex­clusively.
By the time she got
back to the Britannia for lunch
she had a collection of flowers
that included mnuve orchids and
bright red lo.-e.-'
On the royal yacht Britannia,
the Queen had read newspapers,
i including account.s of the North­umberland
Strait fi.shing di.-.a.-<ter.
and reports of the Royal Tour.
Then .she cnugh; up with some of
tlie paper work which had come
in the mo.-t recent mail from Lon­don,
For this bu.-.iness end of her
trip and for the relaxation of the
decks she wore slacks. E.smond
Butler, Canadian member of the
royal pres.-, s e c r e t a r i a t , did not
know whether she has telephoned
her family yet.
Al city hAll there was a Utile
Drowns in
Bow River
'No Retreat'
Stand Seen
On Berlin
WASHINGTON (AP) — State
Secretary Christian A. Herter is
reported ready to proclaim a
"no retreat" stand In future talks
with the Russians on the dead-locked
Berlin issue.
Herter is to outline his views
in a lelevi.vion-radio report to­night.
His 15-minute .speech will
seek to explain why six weeks of
intensive talks al Geneva failed
lo ease East-West tensions over
G e r m a n y ' s fate.
APPROVES PLAN
President Eisenhower is under­stood
to have approved the main
points of H e r t e r ' s address during
a White House meeting Monday.
With Eisenhower's full backing,
he Is reported ready to say:
1. The United States, Britain
and F r a n c e have reached rock
b o t t om in the concessions they
will offer Russia In o r d e r to settle
the Berlin crisis.
2. The Soviet Union must re­scind
Its u l t i m a t u m - l i k e deadline
for an end to Allied rule in West
BerUn if a new round of foreign
m i n i s t e r s ' talks in Geneva is to
avoid the same deadlock that
caused the ministers lo recess
S a t u r d a y .
3. Eisenhower is det.ernilned to
shun any summit meeting with
P r e m i e r Nikita Khrushchev un­less
the Geneva talks first make
readily apparent progress in
blocking out a reasonable setlle-meni
of the Berlin quarrel.
State department officials said
H e r t e r ' s a im will be lo make it
clear that the .allies are ready
to see the Geneva talks collapse
in disagreement rather than .sur­render
their rights to act as pro-
JOHN PALLETT
OTTAWA (CP)—Once acain
the commons Progrressive Coiir
servative majority has refused
to investigate a Malton, Ont.,
airport expropriation case that
has drawn into heater contro­versy
Transport Minister Hee*
and John Pallett, chief govem-ment
whip.
MOTION DEFEATED
A f t e r hearing explanations
from both men—Mr. Pallett for
the first time — the P r o g r e s s i v e
Conservatives Monday night out­voted
the combined Liberal and
CCF opposition 138 to 35 to de­feat
a motion of non-confidence
in the g o v e r n m e n t , based on the
case.
The Liberals concentrated on
two aspects of an Exchequer
Court judgment by Mr JustlBe
J. T. Thorson who said Mr. Pal­l
e t t maintained Mr. Hees agreed
to be bound by land valuations
to be set by an a p p r a i s e r named
on the government whip's recom­mendation.
The written iudgment also said
that tile appraiser, J. E. S. Clare
of Port Credit, Ont., a campaign
organizer for Mr. Pallett in his
Toronto-area riding of Peel, tcsfl-fled
"Mr. Pallett had instructed
him to put a s generous a value-tion
as possible on the proper*
t i e s . "
DENIES TESTIMONY
Under Liberal urgings to .ex­plain
these things, Mr. Pallett
said "I never at any time in­s
t r u c t e d the valuator to place a
generous valuation and to that I
pledge my o a t h . "
He said a "simple misunder­s
t a n d i n g " between himself and
Mr. Hees was a t the bottom of
the question of whether Mr. Hees
h a d agreed to be bojmd by the
land valuations.
confusion and officials stumbled
around until the prince took over.
He snapped his fingers at an \
o r d e r l y officer and h a d h im move
the main obstacle from the course j
- a n ornate chair that had been CALGARY iCP' - - Brenda
r e s e r v e d for the Queen This o u t ' Wade, 9, was drowned Monday i l e c t o r s of West Berlm s 2,250,000
of the way, the reception line ! *e Bow River while playing! citizens,
moved smoothly. The c h a t t e r ' " e a r the zoo on St. George's Is-back
and forth was in French i ^ ^ ' 2 ? ' , . j
with both the Queen and prince daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
' Rtjbert Wade was playing wiln a
friend when she ran down t.ie
bank into tlie river and was swept
away by the current.
seeming at home.
SMILING
(Conolude(i on Page Two)
.NO NEW CONCESSIONS
111 advance of H e r t e r ' s speech,
these authorities said Russia
should not expect the recess
agreed upon at Geneva to yield
any iinpoi-tant new Allied conces­sions
when talks resume July 13.
Father Charged With Manslaughter
Six Witnesses Heard at Preliminary
Hearing Into Death Ellison Boy
By BRANDER PARSONS
(Herald Staff Writer)
CARDSTON — A description
of bruises and contusions found
on the body of a three-year-old
boy dominated evidence
Monday afternoon, as a pre­liminary
hearing into a charg:e
of manslaughter against Frank
Joseph Ellison, of Twin Lakes,
was opened here.
Six witnesses took the stand
during the three-hour hearing,
which was ad.journed until 10
a.m. Tuesday. Both counsel felt
thai the hearing would be con­cluded
at the end of Tuesday's
session.
Magistrate E. D. Fryett pre­sided
at the hearing, held in the
Cardston Court House.
Ellison was chaj-ged with nian-
GRIM EVIDENCE - An empty fishing boat washed up
on the shore ot Escuminae, N.B., is grim evidence of one
of the worst disasters in the memory of NorthMmberland
Strqjt fiihermtn. Th« hurricane-forc* winds lashad boats,
and waves washed men overboard like soap suds. The
known death toll is 13 with 22 fishermen missing and pre­sumed
dead.
(CP Photo; Herald Engraving)
! slaughter May 8. 1959. in connec-
' tion with the death of his son.
Gregory Wayne Ellison in Card­ston
Hospital March 16. His wife.
, Alta Ellison. originally was
charged with the offence.
Basis for most of Monday's dis­cussions
was a folio of photo­graphs,
taken immediately fol­lowing
the boy's death, by Const.
W. M. Bertram, of the RCMP
Identilication Branch. Lethbridge.
Some of these were of t h e body of
the boy. some were taken during
a post-mortem and others were
of Ihe interior and exterior of the
Elli.son farm home.
The question of the effect of
using f l a s h illumination on
"bruises" or discolorations on the
boy's body wa.s raised by H. S
Prowse. coun.sel for Ellison. Const.
B e r t r am stated he felt lhat the
pictures gave an accurate depic­tion
of the ai-eas photographed,
a l t h o u g h he conceded use of flash
Miiaht lighten the foreground and
darken Ihe background in .some
of the pictures.
The term "post-mortem lividity"
whereby blood may drain to the
lower portions of a body, causing
discoloration, and the apparent
color of the boy's hair, were also
binueht nut bv Mr. Prowse.
DF*D ON ARRIVAL
In qiiCHtinning Mrs. Ellen Joyce
Smith. RN, of the Card.xton
Hnsnital, crown prosecutor I). V.
Hartigan referred to the arrival
at the hospital of Mr. and Mrs.
Ellison and their son. Mrs.
S m i t h .saw the bruised head of
the child and went to call for
llr. P.. .1. Larson. She also con­firmed
the Information 'Con­tained
nn a niirvp^' rcctird madr
SIX
(Concluded on Page Two)
Plane Strikes
Power Line, Pilot
Only Shaken Up
CLUNY, Alta. (CP) — George
Micklassen of Rosebud, Alta., e s ­caped
injury when his crop-spray­ing
airplane struck a power line
and crashed near here.
RCMP said the pilot was only
•shaken u p and didn't require med­ical
attention. The plane was des­troyed.
Cluny is 55 miles east of CaU
gary.
LIGHTNING KILLS SHEEP
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (A»)
Lightning killed a shepherd and
470 sheep in Macedonia, south­ern
Yugoslavia, the Yugoslav
news agency Borba reported.
• • • • •
FLASHES,
Motion Ruled Out
OTTAWA (CP)—Speaker Ro-land
Michener today ruled out
of order K Liberal motion for
an urgent Commons debate on
mass resignations in the CBC
talks department.
Prison Siege
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. ( A P I -
Rioting pris(.mers at the federal
prison system's medical centre
released iiivc hostages this after­noon,
and guards immediately
laid siege to 2 tving of the bi^
prison hospital.
Given Three Years
VANCOl'VEK (CP) — A 39-.
year-old ship's cabin boy. Con-:
stantin Dumilru, was sentenced,
to three years in prison today,
lor the slaying of nightclub
waiter Robert While.
Dominican Revolt
CARACAS, Venezuela (API —
K.xilcs from the Dominican Ke-i
public said a new and serious
uprising has lirokcu out against
the regime of Rafael Turjillo,
strong man of the republic.
Head For Prairies?
VK'TOIIIA ( ( P i— Police here
expressed the theory today that
all four couvicts who escaped
Sunday from t h e minimum-security
prison at William Head
may be iicading fur their prairie
iiuDies. All were born on the
prairies, two in Saskatchewan
and two in Alberta—one from
Edmonton and one from Grande
Prairie.
New Irish P M
DUBLIN (Reuters)—Sean U -
mass tonight was elected prime
minister of the Irish Kepubtic
by a vote of 75 lo 71 in the Dall
lliarliamentl.
Quell Outbreak
niKBAX. South Africa (CP)
—Police ca.slly dispersed a d e n -
i onstration by 250 Negro women
I in central Durban today.

Fuchs on
Way To' ^
Berlin
-Free Atom Spy
High 65
Cooler
• • • • •
VOL. LIL—No. 163. LETHBRIDGE7ALBERTA, TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1959 PRICE: O^°E^B FIVE CENTS TWO SECTIONS - 20 PAGES Frondizi Ouster Seen In
Argentine Go^J-r Crisis
i i i m * Quits;
Mounts
Tories
Reject
Motion
-In Pallet Case
KL.M'S FICHS
SEVEN DIE,
6 MISSING
IN FLAMES
-Resort Hotel
LONDON (Al')—Atomic spy
Klaus l-iiclis hoarded ii Polish
airliner today for a non-stop
fllKht lo Kast Berlin.
Kasl German spokesmen said
Fuchs would tic admitted to that !
country. Tresumably he will go ^
to live with his 84-ycar-old ; a n d
'rof. Kmil
STALIIKIM, N o r w a y
I CAI') — F i r e riiged before
, d a w n today through the
j S t a l h e im r e s o r t hotel,
n hodie.'? were found
.six or seven per.sons
father, I'rof. Fuchs, al i wei'e nii.S.'^inK ,SOme hour.S
t p i p ' i R - I a f t e r the blaze, a police
The 47 - year - old Fuchs wnt J ^p,)]^g^man .said,
brought in B pollcc-cscorted car i v i r n i rn
from Wnkcficld Prison, 180 miles
n o n h e a s l of t-ondon, where he
had served nine years and three
nionth.s of a 14-ycar sentence lo:
p.vinK Briti^li and Amcncai,
al-.iniic sccreUs to Rii.viia He WLIS
p. .'.en credit for pood ccmdiic:
while in prison
HFAVILY Gl A n n i : i )
Scotland Yard men and airpon
police ringed the
mid the entire departure area as
Piich.s went aboard
Tlic government had s i i i r i tha'
the German-born phy.-icist wa-free
to go anywhere alter his re­lease
Fuchs was kept in a prlva'e ;
r o om in an an-port building until i
all the otiier passengers were '
a b o a r d .
Set-lBCed and unsmiling, and
c a r r y i n g a felt hat in his hand,;
he then walked to the airplane
with policemen on either side.
Claresholm
Scout's Air
Model Second
CI..\RE.SHOLM (HNS)—Johnny
Leeds, a 17-year-old Queen Scout
from Claresholm, ha& placed second •
in a national model airplane con- !
te.st, according to a wire received |
t«day from Air Marshall Hugh L. :
Campbell, cWet of air staff. '
Johnny, who this year finished
hi. give
the Queen a sunny and happy
welcome.
And from the time she left tlie
B r i t a n n i a in the beautiful back­drop
of Wolfe's Cove where a
French regimental band gave a
lively serenade of folk songs, to
the city hall where she discussed
bringing up families with Mayor
Wilfrid Hamel. father of nine
and grandfather of 13. t h e r e was
little doubt the welcome was both
w a r m and friendly.
Program Cancelled, Charge Political Pressure
22 Top CBC Employees, Including
Four Senior Executives, Resign Posts
riiORONTO (CP I—Twenty-two
top CBC employees in To­ronto,
including four senior
executives, announced Tues­day
thny have resigned in
protest against "unprecedent­ed
surrender to political pres­sure"
by the corporation.
They said in a gi'oup statement
t h a i the CBC' s decision to cancel
t h e radio opinion program Pre­view
Commenlary from Ottawa
had "bartei-cd away the integ­r
i ty of national broadcasting in
Canada ••
The .staiemeni added that more
resigiiaiion.s were expected hero
l a t e r tflday. All tho.'ie involved
work in the CBC's doparlmenl of
t a l k s and public affairs.
That dcpartment'.s ihrec-mcm-ber
staff at Montreal anti two
members at Ottawa were al.so re­p
o r t e d to have quit their jobs be­c
a u s e of the p r o g r am cancella­tion,
announced al Ottawa last
week.
INTEGRITY "BARTERED"
Gordon Cullingham, a p r o g r am
organizer and spokesman for the
group, issued tlie statement al
his home where the 22 met. It
said:
"By removing Preview Com­m
e n t a r y from the air under pol­itical
pressure the CBC manage-
^Hat'lSelsoii-Vancouver
Train Service Protested
•JVTELSON. B.C. (CP) — T h e C a n a - I p l a i n t s of CPR passenger service
dian Pacific Railway lias d i s - i on the route continued today. At
couraged patronage on its Mcdi- ' pj-gsent only a twice-a-week service
cine Hat-'Vnncouver line by failing
to supply "even the essentials of
travel." the Board of Tran.sport
Commi.i.socinted Chambers of Commerce
of .Southeast B.C.
"Shortage of even drinking water
hn.s happened too frequently to
ai.'cciit assurance tlhat it was an
nvrr.'^il.'hl .St.Tle .s.ind« irhc,--- and
biitcr c n f f r c h a v r been the rule
r a t l i r r than (hr exr-eplmn." said
the brief.
The hearing regaxduig eoni-is
provided from Nelson to Van­couver.
Tilic brief emphasized that a 15-
hour service or better service be­tween
Vancouver and Nelson would
be fldequale for the area and
profitable to the railway. It was
noted that freight trains aj'e now
running dui-ing the n i g h t and t h a t
t h e i e was no reason why pa.ssenger
t r a i n s could not also be run at
night.
Presiding over tHie hearings are
H. H. Griffin. assi.iitJinl chief com-miiwioner.
L, J. Knowles and John
M. •Woodarii,
mcnt, wiih the i n c u r r e n c e of
the board of dirotnors, has bart­ered
away ihc integrity of na­tional
broadcasting in Canada.
"As member.s of this depart­ment
. . our responsibility has
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The warm weather brought the
comment from one cabinet min­i
s t e r : "EUe est la Reine du so-leil.-—
ihe is the sunshine Queen. '
SFANnS FOR CHEERS
Tlic greatest mass of people
gathered in front of the grey-stone
city hall and after the for­malities
gave her a good - hu­mored
welcome. She responded
energetically by standing up in
the back of her car, steadying
her.seU by holduig onto the lip
of the front roof, to acknowledge
the cheers and applause.
SPOKE FRENCH MOSTLY
She .--miled many times today
and she spoke French almost ex­clusively.
By the time she got
back to the Britannia for lunch
she had a collection of flowers
that included mnuve orchids and
bright red lo.-e.-'
On the royal yacht Britannia,
the Queen had read newspapers,
i including account.s of the North­umberland
Strait fi.shing di.-.a.-